The real reason the Cuban Missile Crisis was a disaster is because Fidel didn't immediately fire them all at Miami. That is all. :no-choice:

  • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    My high school teacher only mentioned the turkey part when we got to the end of the crisis, and just casually mentioned that there were ‘secret’ missile bases that just happened to be in turkey which the US diplomatically traded away to avert war

    • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Now that I think about it, I believe that this is what I was taught as well :agony-shivering:

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      amazing sleight of hand. very compelling trickery from your teacher there. That's a sign they were even more ideologically motivated than someone who merely omits the detail out of ignorance.